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Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2013 - 2014
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ZMB_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Know any type of FP method (W_FPKNOTYP)

Data file: ZMB2013-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 638
End: 639
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
301) Now I would like to talk about family planning - the various ways or methods that a couple can use to delay or avoid a pregnancy. Have you ever heard or (METHOD)?

METHOD 1 Female Sterilization. PROBE: Women can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 2 Male Sterilization. PROBE: men can have an operation to avoid having any more children.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 3 IUD. PROBE: Women can have a loop or coil placed inside them by a doctor or a nurse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 4 Injectables. PROBE: Women can have an injection by a health provider that stops them from becoming pregnant for one or more months.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 5 Implants. PROBE: Women can have one or more small rods placed in their upper arm by a doctor or nurse which can prevent pregnancy for one or more years.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 6 Pill. PROBE: Women can take a pill every day to avoid becoming pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 7 Male Condom. PROBE: Men can put a rubber sheath on their penis before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 8 Female Condom. PROBE: Women can place a sheath in their vagina before sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 9 Standard Days Methods (Cycle Beads). PROBE: A woman uses string of colored beads to know the days she can get pregnant. On the days she can get pregnant, she uses a condom or does not have sexual intercourse.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 10 LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD (LAM).

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 11 Rhythm Method. PROBE: To avoid pregnancy, women do not have sexual intercourse on the days of the month they think they can get pregnant.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 12 Withdrawal. PROBE: Men can be careful and pull out before climax.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 13 Emergency Contraception. PROBE: As an emergency measure after unprotected sexual intercourse, women can take special pills at any time within three days to prevent pregnancy.

YES 1
NO 2

METHOD 14 Have you heard of any other ways or methods that women or men can use to avoid pregnancy?

YES 1 (SPECIFY)__________________
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
00 Knows no method
10 Knows only traditional or folkloric method
11 Knows only folkloric method
12 Knows only traditional method
20 Knows modern method
99 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
FPKNOTYP (V301) is a summary (recoded) variable indicating whether the woman knew any family planning method and, if so, whether she knew a modern method or only a traditional or folkloric method.

In the DHS, modern methods are the Pill, IUD, injections, diaphragm, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization, implants, female condom, foam/jelly, lactational amenorrhea, and emergency contraception.

Traditional methods are periodic abstinence (rhythm), withdrawal, and abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" and country-specific methods (such as herbs or amulet) that vary across samples.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Knowledge of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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